Foothills of the Andes Barquisimento ,Venezuela - Beyond Tiki

O Ojaitimo Member Joined: Aug 04, 2006 Posts: 1317	O Ojaitimo Posted posted on Mon, Nov 19, 2007 12:56 PM I visited this village in 1986 while working in Venezuela with the Hereditary Disease Foundation on project Venezuela. Some of my team members had been going for years and they spoke of a village called Barquismeto in the foothills of the Andes about 150 miles from Maracaibo where we worked. The pottery there were of pre columbian artifacts that the artists had sketched in the museums and reproduced them. The day we arrived there was a lot of unfired pottery that they initially refused to sell us but my ex wife talked them out of a double chambered serpent vessel that she carried home on her lap. I bought this pitcher and medicine man fiqure that rattles. The bird flute was made by different artisans around Lake Maracaibo. [ Edited by: Ojaitimo 2007-11-19 12:59 ]

I visited this village in 1986 while working in Venezuela with the Hereditary Disease Foundation on project Venezuela. Some of my team members had been going for years and they spoke of a village called Barquismeto in the foothills of the Andes about 150 miles from Maracaibo where we worked.
The pottery there were of pre columbian artifacts that the artists had sketched in the museums and reproduced them. The day we arrived there was a lot of unfired pottery that they initially refused to sell us but my ex wife talked them out of a double chambered serpent vessel that she carried home on her lap. I bought this pitcher and medicine man fiqure that rattles. The bird flute was made by different artisans around Lake Maracaibo.

[ Edited by: Ojaitimo 2007-11-19 12:59 ]

Post #344914 by Ojaitimo on Mon, Nov 19, 2007 12:56 PM